Matter of AVETISYAN, ID 3740, 25 I&N Dec. 688 (BIA 2012) - (1) Pursuant to the authority delegated by the Attorney General and the responsibility to exercise that authority with independent judgment and discretion, the Immigration Judges and the Board may administratively close removal proceedings...

"On January 31, the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) published an important decision on “administrative closure” decisions. http://www.justice.gov/eoir/vll/intdec/vol25/3740.pdf
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has long
supported the principles echoed in Matter...